re: Trump has lost my support for 2018 & 2020 - Lack of Transparency in Govt

The quality of empathy is vital to an effective target audience analysis. Empathy is putting oneself in the other person’s shoes-the ability to understand other human beings, to know how they feel and how and when to talk to them. To achieve success, PSYOP personnel must have this quality above all others. Empathy is so basic it may underlie everything said about how to develop an effective PSYOP message.

The message, in whatever form it is packaged, is not subject to a set of rigid rules, such as, “Printed products will not be written above a seventh grade reading level,” or “PSYOP must adhere to the rules of advertising.” The goal of PSYOP is to motivate a desired behavior change. The test is whether the message will get the desired response.

PSYOP personnel must gain the attention of the audience. They must get their meaning across and identify information necessary to understand the target audience’s perception. They know what response they want to cause in the target audience (PSYOP objective) and something about how that is done. The specifics of this process include the integration of the results of target audience analysis, the appropriate theme, and proper communication strategy. These specifics require from PSYOP personnel the greatest possible empathy with the audience they are trying to reach.